Hey, I'm Carlos. Welcome
Director of Product | Product Design
I lead world class teams to define, build, and operate world class products - all with the goal of solving impossibly hard problems.
About Me
I've been early to every wave that mattered. Tesla before the mass market, as their first Master Data Analyst. Rivian as employee #246, before the truck existed. Inspiration Mobility as PM #1 — walked in and built a SaaS platform from zero, closed a Fortune 20 in year one.
I'm a product leader who writes SQL in production, deploys MCP servers, and can explain a data model to a board. I close the gap between strategy and execution by actually showing up on both sides.
Approach to Work
Start with the hard problem
I resist the urge to jump to solutions. The real work is defining what you're actually trying to solve — and being honest when the answer changes.
Build to understand
Prototyping is thinking, not decoration. I get something in front of real users fast, because intuition alone doesn't tell you where the product breaks.
Operate what you ship
I stay close to what I build after launch. The product decisions that matter most don't happen in the roadmap — they happen in the data after go-live.
Roles
Director of Product Management
Inspiration Mobility · 2022 – Present
Lead Technical PM
Rivian Automotive · 2019 – 2022
Master Data Analyst
Tesla · 2015 – 2019
Tesla
2015 – 2019
First Master Data Analyst
Joined as Tesla's first delivery hire for the Intermountain West — built the regional operation from scratch.
Became their first Master Data Analyst before the role had a name, designing the data infrastructure to support rapid delivery scaling.
Built reporting pipelines and data systems that gave operations teams a real-time view of delivery performance.
Laid the groundwork for what became Tesla's enterprise data practice across the Western region.
Rivian
2019 – 2022
Lead Technical PM · Employee #246
Joined before the R1T existed in production — shaped how the company thought about enterprise systems from the ground up.
Conceived and delivered Basecamp, a supply chain portal that replaced QAD and extended SAP across RFQ management, PO creation, and Supplier Quality KPI scoring.
Unified PLM, ERP, and custom tooling into a single source of truth for 75+ buyers and 30+ SQEs.
Reduced manual PO creation and materials management by 95%, saving 20+ hours per buyer per week.
Inspiration Mobility
2022 – Present
Director of Product Management · Founding PM
Hired as PM #1 — walked in and built the SaaS platform from zero, defining product, architecture, and go-to-market in parallel.
Closed a Fortune 20, Fortune 200, and Fortune 500 customer in year one.
Championed a company-wide AI adoption mandate from the CTO — took adoption from a small minority to ~100% of employees.
Deployed an MCP server powering knowledge agents and RAG-enabled workflows; defined enterprise AI guardrails and governance.
End-to-end supply chain portal for Rivian
95% reduction in manual PO creation — 20+ hrs/week saved per buyer.
Lead Technical PM · Rivian Automotive
Multi-tenant SaaS for market and event organizers
Built solo from concept to production. Real money movement, row-level tenant isolation.
Product Manager & Technical Co-Founder
Enterprise AI deployment — MCP, RAG, and governance at scale
Took adoption from a small minority to ~100% of employees org-wide.
Director of Product Management